Obituary: Linda MacKay

Dec. 3, 1941 - April 5, 2007

Dec. 3, 1941 - April 5, 2007

April 08, 2007

DOWAGIAC - Mrs. Linda (Weaver) MacKay, 65, of 51 Hickory Hill Drive, Waterbury, CT, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her family on Thursday, April 5, 2007. She was the wife of Edward F. Â?NedÂ? MacKay. Mrs. MacKay was born to Earl D. and Adelia (Leitke) Weaver in Dowagiac, Michigan, on December 3, 1941. Linda graduated from Clarks Summit Abington High School in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. Linda then graduated from Keystone Junior College in Pennsylvania with an Associates degree, and then from Mansfield University in Pennsylvania with a Bachelor's degree. Linda married her husband Â?NedÂ? on August 21, 1965. They moved to Pennsylvania and later lived in Washington, D.C. In September of 1970 they moved to Waterbury where Linda furthered her education, receiving her Master's degree in education from Central Connecticut State University. Linda was an elementary school teacher for 25 years, teaching for 13 years at Tinker Elementary School in Waterbury, and for 12 years at Kingsbury Elementary School in Waterbury. Linda was an avid reader, and a member of the National Education Association. Linda fought cancer the same way she lived her life: with courage, strength, grace, and dignity. Linda cherished her family, and especially her grandchildren, Catherine, David, Tyler, Matthew, Christopher and Meghan. Besides her husband of 41 years, and her parents, Linda is survived by her three sons: Bryan E. MacKay, and his wife Amy of Southington, CT, Gregory M. MacKay, and his wife Regina of Wilton, CT, and Todd M. MacKay and his wife Karen of Lynn Haven, Florida. Her brother Jerry M. Weaver died at the age of 23, a casualty of the Vietnam War where he served with the U.S. Army's Special Forces. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 9 a.m. in Chase Parkway Memorial/The Albini Family Funeral Home, 430 Chase Parkway, Waterbury, CT, to St. John's Lutheran Church, 503 Chase Parkway, Waterbury for a service at 10 a.m. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery, Waterbury. Calling hours will be Monday from 5 to 8 p.m. in the funeral home. Contributions may be made in Linda's memory to the Harold Leever Regional Cancer Center, 1075 Chase Parkway, Waterbury, CT 06708 or VNA Health Care, 50 Brookside Road, Waterbury, CT 06708 For more information, visit www.chaseparkwaymemorial.com.